Many rockist skeptics may have been surprised or even irked when Carrie Underwood was recruited to open for several recent dates on Guns N’ Roses’ summer tour. But the American Idol winner and country superstar proved all doubters and haters wrong with her special rock-leaning setlist — which she curated with advice from GNR frontman Axl Rose himself — that included crowd-pleasing, Bic-flicking covers of Led Zeppelin's “Rock and Roll,” Pat Benatar's “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” and Joan Jett's “Bad Reputation.” Most thrillingly, there was even a rendition of Motörhead's “Ace of Spades” that cranked all of her “Before He Cheats”-esque fury up to 11.
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